>>106351671
Right. I tested the ISO I downloaded (yet again) in a VM just to see if everything's good and to be sure on that fron. So far all's clear. Everything worked flawlessly OOB.
I'll probably use different flashdrive though. Thank you for at least acknowledging my issue Anon. It's one thing having to deal with all that, but finding nobody to bounce thoughts off off is a different tale...